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liquorice
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun liquorice has 2 senses
- liquorice(n = noun.plant) glycyrrhiza glabra, licorice - deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots; Array is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
- liquorice(n = noun.food) licorice - a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant; Array is a kind of candy, confect
is a member of genus glycyrrhiza, glycyrrhiza
has parts: licorice root
OXFORD DICTIONARY
liquorice, n. (also licorice)
1 a black root extract used as a sweet and in medicine.
2 the leguminous plant Glycyrrhiza glabra from which it is obtained.
1 a black root extract used as a sweet and in medicine.
2 the leguminous plant Glycyrrhiza glabra from which it is obtained.
Etymology
ME f. AF lycorys, OF licoresse f. LL liquiritia f. Gk glukurrhiza f. glukus sweet + rhiza root
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